Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 9, 2016
Fake news reports a man absorbed in playing the new Pokemon Go app caused a major traffic accident.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 9, 2016
An article published shortly after Philando Castile was killed by police officers in Minnesota f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 8, 2016
A viral Facebook posting by Steven Hildreth Jr. tells a true story about an uneventful interacti ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 8, 2016
Nakia Jones said the Warrensville Heights Police Department fired her after she made a video in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 8, 2016
Reports that a pride of lions had killed a group of poachers in Zimbabwe came from a hoax news a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 8, 2016
Fabricated Twitter messages claiming activist DeRay Mckesson was plotting a "summer of chaos" wi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 8, 2016
A satirical article reporting President Obama had commissioned pastor Rob Bell to write a gender ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 8, 2016
Articles published in the aftermath of Alton Sterling's shooting death reported that he was a ga ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A troll Twitter account started a false rumor that a neo-Nazi named Jeffrey Harris was responsib ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing that 'The Simpsons' animated television series predicted the ad ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A spectacular 'ladder' fireworks display captured on video was a real event and not digitally cr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 7, 2016
Rumor: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hid a close familial connection to an Iranian officia ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A years-old image purports to show a man who was fatally shot by police in July 2016.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 7, 2016
Rumor: The Obama administration unexpectedly released Abdul Shalabi from detention at Guantanamo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A message posted on Facebook claims that a "purge" is being planned in Baton Rouge on 9 July 201 ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 7, 2016
A number of blog posts objecting to the Whole Foods CEO's comments about GMO labeling rejuvenate ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 7, 2016
A 2015 fake news item claiming a Baltimore officer shot and killed toddler Malik Gibson after mi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A fake news article reported that a teenager was stabbed after accidentally wandering into a bad ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 6, 2016
Fake news reports that Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen's final text to his wife admitted h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2016
According to unsubstantiated reports, the oldest person in the world is nearly 200 years old and ...
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